Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-03
THE LIQUOR LICENSE WAR.


Pressure On the District OmmissiO uers.
SALOON KRKpRRs WHOSE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN
INFECTED AND WHO WANT A RECONSIDERATION
APPLICATIONS RErIKxED TO THE PoLIcR FOR rvvrs-
rGATIoS.
There are some lively scenes around the Distric
Commisstoners' ofnces these days The actors are
saloon keepers whose applications for LIQUOR L.
cences have been refused and Messenger smith,
who stands guard at Commissioner Wepb's door,
The pressure Of business became so great on ac-
count OF the large number OF applications refused
this year that Commissioner Webb was forced TO
bar his door TO all persons whose business Is not Of
importance. When an interview Is sought with
commissioner Webb the interviewer Is stopped at
the door BY Messenger Smith, to whom he must
state his business with the Commissioner II it
Is saloon keeper, seeking reconsideration OF his
application his attention is called 10 the notices
WHICH Wsrs possed about the building and
ana ne Is told TO come again when he has CON-
piled with the requirements
that the applications from the saloon Keepers on
street southeast, between LIST ana ID streets would
probaoly oe refused. This action Is due TO the
numerous complaints that have been made and
also TO the warfare that the ladies OF that section
have waged against the saloons
APPLICATIONS REFrRRED TO THE POLICE.
Applications for license to sell liquor by the fol-
lowing-named persons have been referred to the
Ponce ior inVestlgataon and report:
For Retail License.-Northwest sectjop-P. J.
WiIIsiatt :U4 10Th street, r. Weigand, 1911 L st.
y Inlet oOo La avenue; J. Stinzlng Oil street;
~ i. server, 1Oa 9th street; NJ. b. Seaman, AIS
9th street; c. Z. Rupert, ITO Pa. avenue; LII.
tocnaroson, 3Ol 10th street; NJ. Roche, 118 L
street; e b. Osoourne, 6Ol 9TH street, y. kOhler,
4o4 wilson street; W. +. Harvey, 23O2 H street;
Y. N. harvey, lOl6 Pa. avenue; Mrs Amilie Har.
yey, 1742 9th street, J. H. Gates 1925 18th street;
Geo Gross, SO2 10th street; T. Felter, 721 10Th
street; Z. Ebef, 454 ID street; f. +. Davidson, 3Ol
Ohio avenue; z. o. L Devantee, 2OlO X street; j.
crowley, $500 street; Lucy Byrne, 3IS 14th
street; NelS Brumagin, 100 Pa. avenue; j.
brosnan POI street.
southwest sectOn-C. T. Sheckells 1924 9th
street; j. D. SmallwOOd 32S street; j. MCGUIRE,
423 LIST street; Z. Moore 6:l5 l street; j. 7. Ma
gruder, 200 ~ street: Jas. Murnane, 6l5 street;
JAS. Kane, 800 b street; j. Kreis, 46S street.
northeast Section-F. W. Rest, 31S 9TH street.
southeast section-D. Maggie, 153 street; Maria
Adler, 100 18th street.
For Wholesale Lcense-NOrthwest section
J u. sullivan, 1403 18th street; VI. O'DOnohue,
2lS street; NJ O,DOnohue, 1:}49 2Sth street;
WIN nicholson, GIG 5th street; K. T. Lyddane,
laos sd street; ID. f. Ready, 1915 N street; z. ID.
Gilman, 625 pennsylvania ave-; M. r. Goddard,
j. v. Claridge Sd street and Indiana ave.; II. Bush,
A 10th street: A. Beach, 2O2 street.
southwest Sect1on-H. l. Dauterich, 913 Mary
land avenue; +. A. BaeSchlin, $40 II street.
Northeast SectiOn-GeO. Russell, 60 street:
j. Ii. JamisOn, PA 14th street; J. II. Gray. 1874 G
street.
southeast section-Paine & Goldin, los LIST
street: b B. Earnshaw Bro, lO2 NJ street.
County-Mahl0n II. Best, 4th and Wilson streets.